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Carrying out naughty child, lament tone I affected (14)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

implementation

'carrying out' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'naughty child lament tone i affected' is the wordplay.
'naughty child' becomes 'imp' (informal term for a misbehaving child).
'affected' indicates anagramming the letters.
'lament'+'tone'+'i'='lamenttonei'
'lamenttonei' is an anagram of 'lementation'.
'imp'+'lementation'='IMPLEMENTATION'

(Other definitions for implementation that I've seen before include "Putting in force" , "Process of putting into effect" , "Carrying-out, fulfilment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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